Includes bibliographical references (p. 348-359) and index.

Tales of a life / Richard Dutton -- Jonson in the Elizabethan period / Matthew Steggle -- Jonson in the Jacobean period / Andrew McRae -- Jonson in the Caroline period / Martin Butler -- Genre / Katharine Eisaman Maus -- Friends, collaborators and rivals / Michelle O'Callaghan -- Jonson and Shakespeare / Mark Robson -- Editions and editors / Eugene Giddens -- Critical reception / James Loxley -- Performance afterlives / Lois Potter -- London and urban space / Adam Zucker -- The Globe Theatre and the open-air ampitheatres / Tiffany Stern -- The Whitefriars Theatre and the children's companies / Lucy Munro -- The Blackfriars Theatre and the indoor theatres / Janette Dillon -- Provinces, parishes and neighbourhoods / Steve Hindle -- The court / Malcolm Smuts -- Masques, courtly and provincial / Karen Britland -- Music / David Lindley -- Dance / Barbara Ravelhofer -- Manuscript culture and reading practices / James Knowles -- Print culture and reading practices / Alan B. Farmer -- Visual culture / John Peacock -- The body / Ben Morgan -- Law, crime and punishment / Lorna Hutson -- Religion / Julie Maxwell -- Politics / Andrew Hadfield -- Rank / Clare McManus -- Households / Kate Chedgzoy -- Foreign travel and exploration / Rebecca Ann Bach -- Domestic travel and social mobility / Julie Sanders -- Money and consumerism / Christopher Burlinson -- Land / Garrett A. Sullivan, Jr. -- Patronage / Helen Ostovich -- Architecture / Mimi Yiu -- Food / Robert Appelbaum -- Alchemy, magic and the sciences / Margaret Healy -- Clothing and fashion / Eleanor Lowe -- Gender and sexuality / Mario DiGangi.